Ice hockey was most-tweeted sport of Winter Olympics

Ice hockey was the most-tweeted sport during the Winter Olympics. (Martin Rose/Getty Images)

Ice hockey was the most-tweeted sport during the 2014 Winter Olympics, according to a recent report from Twitter. It was followed by curling, figure skating, bobsled, and snowboard.

The San Francisco-based company also looked at specific athletes and moments that sparked the most conversation during the games, which ended yesterday.

The most-discussed athlete was Japanese figure skater Mao Asada, who was criticized by by Tokyo 2020 organizing chairman Yoshiri Mori for “always falling at the most critical time” during a competition, according to the Associated Press. She was followed by Yuna Kim, of South Korea, and Americans TJ Oshie and Shaun White.

Olympics Twitter talk peaked with 72,630 tweets per minute when the U.S. defeated Russia’s men’s hockey team in a shootout on Feb. 15, according to Twitter. Three of the other top five moments involved ice hockey games — all of which Canada won — with the fifth emerging during Yuzuru Hanyu’s gold medal win in men’s figure skating.

“#Sochi2014 has been an incredible experience made even better because the global crowd, athletes and teams joined forces on Twitter throughout the Games,” the company wrote.